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{{Short description|Australian basketball player (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Penny Taylor
| image = Phoenix Mercury at the White House to honor 2014 Championship (cropped to focus on Penny Taylor).jpg
| caption = Penny Taylor at the [[White House]] in 2014
| team = 
| league = [[WNBA]]
| position = 
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lbs = 165
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|5|24}}
| birth_place = [[Melbourne, Victoria]], Australia
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 11
| draft_year = 2001
| draft_team = [[Cleveland Rockers]]
| career_start = 1997
| career_end = 2016
| career_number = 14, 13
| career_position = [[Small forward]]
| years1 = 1997–1999
| team1 = [[Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team)|Australian Institute of Sport]]
| years2 = 1999–2002
| team2 = [[Dandenong Rangers]]
| years3 = {{WNBA Year|2001}}–{{WNBA Year|2003}}
| team3 = [[Cleveland Rockers]]
| years4 = 2002–2003
| team4 = Termocarispe La Spezia
| years5 = 2003–2007
| team5 = [[Famila Schio]]
| years6 = {{WNBA Year|2004}}–{{WNBA Year|2007}}
| team6 = [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| years7 = 2007–2009
| team7 = [[UMMC Ekaterinburg]]
| years8 = {{WNBA Year|2009}}–{{WNBA Year|2011}}
| team8 = Phoenix Mercury
| years9 = 2009–2013
| team9 = [[Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball|Fenerbahçe Istanbul]]
| years10 = {{WNBA Year|2013}}–{{WNBA Year|2014}}
| team10 = Phoenix Mercury
| years11 = 2014–2015
| team11 = Dandenong Rangers
| years12 = 2015–2016
| team12 = [[Shanxi Flame]]
| years13 = {{WNBA Year|2016}}
| team13 = Phoenix Mercury
| cyears1         = 2019
| cteam1          = [[Phoenix Mercury]] (asst.)
| highlights = 
*3× [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA champion]] ([[2007 WNBA Finals|2007]], [[2009 WNBA Finals|2009]], [[2014 WNBA Finals|2014]])
*3× [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[2002 WNBA All-Star Game|2002]], [[2007 WNBA All-Star Game|2007]], [[2011 WNBA All-Star Game|2011]])
*[[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA First Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2007}})
*[[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA Second Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2011}})
*[[Women's National Basketball League|WNBL champion]] (1999)
*No. 13 [[Phoenix Mercury#Retired numbers|retired by Phoenix Mercury]]
*3× [[WNBL All-Star Five]] (2001, 2002, 2015)
*2× [[WNBL Top Shooter Award]] (2001, 2002)
*[[FIBA World Championship for Women|FIBA World Championship]] MVP ([[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women|2006]]) 
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Australia women's national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Australia women's national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Championship for Women|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women|2006 Brazil]] | [[Australia women's national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2002 FIBA World Championship for Women|2002 China]] | [[Australia women's national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2014 FIBA World Championship for Women|2014 Turkey]]|[[Australia women's national basketball team|Team]]}}
| wnba_profile = penny-taylor
}}
'''Penelope Jane Taylor''' (born 24 May 1981) is an Australian former professional basketball player and assistant coach. During her 19-year career, Taylor spent the most time with the [[Phoenix Mercury]] of the [[WNBA]], where she won three championships. She also won the [[Women's National Basketball League|WNBL]] title with her first club, the [[Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team)|Australian Institute of Sport]], and played in [[Women's Chinese Basketball Association|China]], [[Serie A1 (women's basketball)|Italy]], [[Women's Basketball Super League|Turkey]] and [[Russian Women's Basketball Premier League|Russia]]. As part of the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australian woman's national team]], Taylor won two [[Basketball at the Olympics|Olympic medals]] and led the Australian Opals to a gold medal at the [[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women|World Championships]], winning tournament MVP honours ahead of teammate [[Lauren Jackson]].

==Early life==
Penny Taylor was born in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] to [[England|English]] parents Michael Taylor and Denna Noble. She has a younger brother named Phillip, step-sister Abbey and an older sister named Heather. Her parents enrolled Taylor in the [[Belgrave South, Victoria|Belgrave South]] Red Devils basketball club at the age of four.  The camaraderie helped Taylor overcome her shyness, and eventually move to the [[Nunawading, Victoria|Nunawading]] Spectres. She attended Upwey High School in [[Upwey, Victoria]], and after graduating earned a scholarship to the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] in [[Canberra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=0-2307-137146-0-0&sID=52117&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=19297301|title=Penny Taylor in Melbourne - Belgrave South Red Devils Basketball Club - SportsTG|website=SportsTG}}</ref><ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/sports/mercury/articles/2011/05/23/20110523phoenix-mercury-penny-taylor.html Phoenix Mercury's Penny Taylor treasures her career]</ref>

Taylor holds a UK passport due to her parents' origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://golsmacservis.blogspot.com/2009/10/penny-taylor-fenerbahcede.html|title=Penny Taylor Fenerbahçe'de !!!!!!!!!!|website=golsmacservis.blogspot.com}}</ref>

==WNBL career==
Taylor debuted in the [[Women's National Basketball League]] playing for the [[Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team)|AIS (Australian Institute of Sport)]] starting in 1997–98, winning the [[Women's National Basketball League|WNBL]] title the following season. Afterwards she moved to [[Dandenong Rangers]], where she remained from 1999 to 2002.  Taylor led the league in scoring with 25.5 points per game and steals with 2.5 steals per game during the 2000–01 season, being named the [[WNBL Most Valuable Player Award|WNBL MVP]] in that season and the next.

After 12 years away from the Australian league, Taylor signed with the Rangers for the [[2014–15 WNBL season]]. Her main intention for the return was to stay close to her family, playing in front of her nephews while also tending for her cancer-ridden father.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/sport/basketball-star-penny-taylor-to-make-wnbl-return-for-dandenong-rangers-in-front-of-her-biggest-fans/story-fnglemo4-1227114902033|title=Home is where Penny's heart is}}</ref> She scored 20.2 points a game from 17 matches in qualifying the Rangers for the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/dandenong-rangers-star-penny-taylor-focuses-on-wnbl-semifinals-20150220-13kgcv.html|title=Dandenong Rangers star Penny Taylor focuses on WNBL semi-finals|first=Roy|last=Ward|date=20 February 2015|via=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> During the semifinals against the [[Sydney Uni Flames]], the Rangers were 15 points ahead when Taylor injured her ankle with eight minutes remaining, and her absence was enough for Sydney to take over and win the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/basketball/penny-taylor-injures-ankle-dandenong-rangers-collapse-against-sydney-university-flames/story-fni2u9cl-1227233723850|title=Taylor injury sees Rangers crash out}}</ref>

==WNBA career==
Taylor was selected by the [[Cleveland Rockers]] in the first round (11th overall) during the annual [[WNBA draft]] on 20 April 2001.  She starred for the Rockers for three seasons.

In January 2004, the WNBA held a [[2004 WNBA dispersal draft|dispersal draft]], where the league's existing teams selected former players from the Rockers team.<ref name=04disp>{{cite web |title=2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft Recap |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/dispersalrecap_040506.html |website=WNBA |date=|access-date=May 24, 2025}}</ref>  Taylor was selected as the first overall pick by the [[Phoenix Mercury]].<ref name=04disp/>

In July 2007 she was chosen as a reserve for the WNBA All Star game. On 16 September 2007, Penny Taylor along with [[Diana Taurasi]] and [[Cappie Pondexter]] led the Phoenix Mercury to the WNBA championship defeating the Detroit Shock in the final game 5 of the finals, 108–92, they became the first team to end out a finals series at an away venue in the WNBA.

Taylor sat out most of the 2009 season after having ankle surgery that required nine weeks of recovery, but returned to the Mercury mid-season and averaged 10.7 points off the bench. The Mercury went on to win the WNBA Championship that year, beating the Indiana Fever in five games, with Taylor making two clutch free throws down the stretch to help clinch the decisive game 94–86.

In 2012, Taylor suffered an [[anterior cruciate ligament injury]] of her left knee playing in Turkey during the WNBA offseason, and was forced to sit out of the Mercury's season. Her year-long recovery in Australia had Taylor going through three knee operations, including one to remove floating cartilage revealed in a [[magnetic resonance imaging]] exam, and seeing her mother die of cancer.<ref name="foxsports">{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com/arizona/story/penny-taylor-return-phoenix-mercury-following-father-s-death-060216 |title=Taylor ready to help Mercury after year off following father's death |website=Fox Sports |date=2 June 2016 }}</ref> Taylor's return to the Mercury in 2013 eventually had her other knee give in after six games, leading her to further surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/interview-penny-taylor-talks-life-in-the-wnba/|title=Interview: Penny Taylor talks life in the WNBA - Basketball Australia|website=www.basketball.net.au}}</ref>
[[File:Mercury_timeout_2016-09-28.jpg|thumb|left|Penny Taylor (number 13) with the Mercury during her final season with the team.]] 
Taylor spent the 2014 pre-season working with both the Mercury and the [[Phoenix Suns]] health staff to make sure her return to basketball worked.<ref name=matt>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/11497270/why-penny-taylor-matters-just-much-phoenix-mercury-other-stars|title=Why Penny Taylor matters just as much as Phoenix Mercury's other stars|date=10 September 2014 }}</ref> Under new coach and former Australia teammate [[Sandy Brondello]], Taylor saw limited minutes during the first eleven games of the [[2014 WNBA season]]. Once Brondello saw her recovered enough, Taylor returned as a Mercury starter, and the team would then go on to win the following 16 games, the longest win streak in WNBA history and not lose again at home for the remainder of the 2014 season. Taylor's return helped lead the team to the best result in the Western Conference with an average of 10.5 points a game for 33 games, as well as the best record in league history with 29 wins and 5 losses, only one of whom had Taylor as a starter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/jayco-opal-penny-taylor-returning-best-wnba/|title=Jayco Opal Penny Taylor returning to her best in WNBA - Basketball Australia|website=www.basketball.net.au}}</ref> The Mercury returned to the WNBA Finals, [[2014 WNBA Finals|winning the title]] against the [[Chicago Sky]].<ref name=smh>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/wnba-title-winners-penny-taylor-erin-phillips-turn-attention-to-opals-campaign-20140913-10ghp8.html|title=WNBA title winners Penny Taylor, Erin Phillips turn attention to Opals' campaign|first=Roy|last=Ward|date=13 September 2014|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> An unsigned free agent in 2015, she decided to sit out the 2015 season for personal reasons after the loss of her father. The Mercury re-signed her on 8 February 2016, and Taylor was present right at the first game to start her thirteenth season at the WNBA.<ref name=res>{{cite web|url=http://mercury.wnba.com/news/phoenix-mercury-re-signs-penny-taylor/|title=Phoenix Mercury Re-Signs Penny Taylor - Phoenix Mercury}}</ref><ref name="foxsports"/> Prior to the August break for the Olympics, Taylor announced she would retire at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b908b563e79641208de91cfac42f0fd5/australias-penny-taylor-set-retire-end-wnba-season|title=Australia's Penny Taylor set to retire at end of WNBA season|work=The Big Story }}</ref> Her last career game happened on 2 October in Phoenix, as the Mercury were swept by the [[Minnesota Lynx]] in the WNBA semifinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/aussie-penny-taylor-farewells-wnba-with-phoenix-mercury-knocked-out-of-semifinals-by-minnesota/news-story/44f6f92b2a0aa5c3c6557cdb2df6b009|title=Aussie Penny Taylor would farewells WNBA with Phoenix Mercury knocked out of semi-finals by Minnesota|date=3 October 2016}}</ref>

==International basketball==
[[File:2006_World_Championship_for_Women_Australia.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Taylor (number 7) and the Opals at the podium for the 2006 World Championship, where she was chosen Most Valuable Player.]]
Taylor has been a regular member of the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australian national team]], the 'Opals', since 2002, when won a bronze medal in the [[2002 FIBA World Championship for Women|2002 World Championship]]. Her biggest accomplishment was winning the [[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women|2006 World Championship]] in Brazil, where Taylor was named Most Valuable Player of the championship. They won silver medals in consecutive Olympiads: [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing 2008]].<ref name=bau>{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/ba_player/penny-taylor/|title=Penny Taylor - Basketball Australia|website=www.basketball.net.au}}</ref> She wound up out of the Opals for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] after injuring herself playing in Turkey for [[Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball|Fenerbahçe]].<ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/sports/articles/2012/04/10/20120410phoenix-mercury-penny-taylor-out-for-season.html Phoenix Mercury forward Penny Taylor suffers season-ending knee injury]</ref> Taylor was named Australian Opals captain for the [[2014 FIBA World Championship for Women|2014 World Championship]], helping the team win the bronze medal, and was named to the All-Star Five.<ref name="All Star FIBA 2014"/> Her last tournament with the Opals was at [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio 2016]], where Australia fell in the quarterfinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/09/05/olympic-hurt-driving-taylors-last-hurrah|title=Olympic hurt driving Taylor's last hurrah|date=5 September 2016 }}</ref>

During the WNBA offseason, Taylor has played in Italy, Russia and Turkey, winning each league at least once.<ref name=bau/> The 2015-16 offseason had Taylor in the [[Shanxi Flame]] of the [[Women's Chinese Basketball Association]], averaging 23.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists.<ref name=res/>

==Coaching career==
In March 2017, Taylor became the Director of Player Development and Performance for her former WNBA team, the Phoenix Mercury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mercury.wnba.com/news/mercury-name-penny-taylor-director-player-development-performance/|title=Mercury Name Penny Taylor Director of Player Development and Performance|website=Phoenix Mercury}}</ref> After giving birth to a son in March 2018, Taylor took a year off from coaching. In April 2019, the Mercury announced that Taylor had been hired as an assistant coach.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/wnba/mercury/2019/04/26/penny-taylor-returning-phoenix-mercury-assistant-coach/3564530002/|title=Penny Taylor returning to Phoenix Mercury as assistant coach|website=azcentral}}</ref> As of September 2019, Taylor's spouse, Diana Taurasi, is a player for the Phoenix Mercury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/wnba/mercury/2019/09/12/diana-taurasi-brittney-griner-return-phoenix-mercury-2020/2301838001/|title=Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner plan to return for Phoenix Mercury in 2020|website=azcentral}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> It was announced on 6 July 2020 that Taylor would step down as assistant coach of the Mercury to focus on being a full-time mother.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lyles Jr. |first1=Harry |title=Mercury assistant Taylor steps away from team |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29419944/mercury-replace-assistant-coach-penny-taylor-chasity-melvin%3fplatform=amp/ |website=ESPN.com |access-date=3 October 2020 |language=en |date=6 July 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Taylor was married in 2005 to Brazilian volleyball player Rodrigo Rodrigues Gil, but they later divorced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportinglife360.com/index.php/a-profile-of-the-australian-wnba-player-12837/|website=www.sportinglife360.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706023812/http://www.sportinglife360.com/index.php/a-profile-of-the-australian-wnba-player-12837/|archive-date=6 July 2014|title=A Profile of the Australian Wnba Player|author=John Roberts|date=16 May 2010}}</ref>

After dating for eight years, on 13 May 2017, she married fellow Phoenix Mercury star [[Diana Taurasi]].<ref name=tau>{{cite web|url=http://ux.azcentral.com/story/sports/wnba/mercury/2017/05/15/phoenix-mercury-star-diana-taurasi-marries-former-mercury-player-penny-taylor/321798001/|title=Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi marries former Mercury player Penny Taylor|author=Jeff Metcalfe|publisher=The Arizona Republic|date=14 May 2017|access-date=15 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613225636/http://ux.azcentral.com/story/sports/wnba/mercury/2017/05/15/phoenix-mercury-star-diana-taurasi-marries-former-mercury-player-penny-taylor/321798001/|archive-date=13 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 1 March 2018, the couple welcomed their first child when Taylor gave birth to their son Leo Michael Taurasi-Taylor.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Voepel|first1=Mechelle|title=Diana Taurasi, Penny Taylor announce birth of baby boy|url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22778848/phoenix-mercury-diana-taurasi-penny-taylor-announce-birth-son|website=ESPN.com|access-date=17 March 2018|date=15 March 2018}}</ref>

Taylor expected to give birth to the couple's second child on October 6, 2021, but the pregnancy lasted beyond the due date. After a Game 4 loss in the semifinals, Taurasi played in a winner-take-all Game 5 that would decide whether the Phoenix Mercury would play in the [[2021 WNBA Finals|2021 WNBA finals]]. After a Game 5 win on October 8, 2021, Taurasi had a message for Taylor in her post-game interview, closing with "Hold it in babe, I'm coming." Taurasi then flew from Las Vegas, where the game took place, back to Phoenix, arriving in time to witness Taylor give birth to their daughter—Isla Taurasi-Taylor—on October 9, 2021, at 4:24 am;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Glenn |date=October 9, 2021 |title=WNBA's Diana Taurasi and Wife Penny Taylor Welcome Baby Girl Hours After Semifinal Win |url=https://people.com/parents/wnba-diana-taurasi-wife-penny-taylor-welcome-baby-girl-after-semifinal-win/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=people.com |language=en}}</ref> with Taurasi by her side mere hours after Taurasi played the [[Las Vegas Aces]] in [[Las Vegas]] for game five of the 2021 WNBA Semifinals.

==WNBA career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes seasons in which Taylor won a [[WNBA Finals|WNBA championship]]
|}

===WNBA regular season===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2001 WNBA season|2001]]
| align="left" | [[Cleveland Rockers|Cleveland]]
| 32 || 0 || 17.5 || .382 || .301 || .783 || 3.5 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 7.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2002 WNBA season|2002]]
| align="left" | [[Cleveland Rockers|Cleveland]]
| 30 || 26 || 30.3 || .416 || .342 || .853 || 5.3 || 2.3 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 1.9 || 13.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2003 WNBA season|2003]]
| align="left" | [[Cleveland Rockers|Cleveland]]
| '''34''' || 33 || 26.4 || .421 || .343 || .821 || 4.4 || 2.4 || 1.1 || 0.2 || 1.7 || 11.7
|-
| align="left" | [[2004 WNBA season|2004]]
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 33 || 33 || '''32.6''' || .484 || .427 || .861 || 4.8 || 2.5 || 1.5 || 0.4 || 2.4 || 13.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 29 || 29 || 29.4 || .464 || .404 || .864 || 4.1 || 3.2 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 2.6 || 13.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2006 WNBA season|2006]]
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 20 || 8 || 26.8 || .445 || .369 || .864 || 5.7 || 2.6 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 1.4 || 13.9
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2007 WNBA season|2007]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 29.7 || .499 || .378 || .884 || '''6.3''' || 2.9 || 1.5 || '''0.6''' || 2.2 || '''17.8'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|[[2009 WNBA season|2009]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 14 || 1 || 20.2 || .463 || .400 || .896 || 2.4 || 2.3 || 1.2 || 0.1 || 2.2 || 10.9
|-
| align="left" | [[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 32 || 32|| 30.0 || .509 || '''.442''' || .893 || 4.4 || '''5.0''' || 1.4 || 0.2 || 2.3 || 15.9
|-
| align="left" | [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 29 || 29 || 29.8 || '''.511''' || .402 || .874 ||4.9 || 4.7 || '''1.6''' || 0.3 || 2.2 || 16.7
|-
| align="left" | [[2013 WNBA season|2013]]
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 10 || 3 || 16.1 || .472 || .421 || '''.963''' || 2.1 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 0.1 ||'''0.6''' || 8.4
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2014 WNBA season|2014]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 33 || 24 || 23.4 || .479 || .357 || .848 || 3.1 || 3.1 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 1.7 || 10.5
|-
| align="left" | [[2016 WNBA season|2016]]
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 25 || 25 || 25.7 || .488 || .396 || .907 || 3.8 || 3.6 || 1.5 || 0.4 || 1.6 || 12.5
|-style="background:#87CEEB"
| align="left" | Career
|
| 355 || 277 || 26.8 || .466 || .382 || .868  || 4.4 || 3.0 || 1.4 || 0.3 || 2.0 || 13.0
|}

===WNBA Postseason===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2001 WNBA Playoffs|2001]]
| align="left" | [[Cleveland Rockers|Cleveland]]
| 3 || 0 || 19.7 || .320 || .182 || .750 || 3.0 || 1.0 || '''2.0''' || 0.3 || 1.6 || 7.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2003 WNBA Playoffs|2003]]
| align="left" | [[Cleveland Rockers|Cleveland]]
| 3 || 3 || 33.0 || .444  || .300 || .833 || 4.3 || 1.0 || '''2.0''' || 0.3 || 2.0 || 15.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2007 WNBA Playoffs|2007]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 9 || '''9''' || '''34.6''' || .464 || .400 || .912 || '''7.9''' || 3.8 || 1.7 || 1.1 || 2.7 || '''19.3'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2009 WNBA Playoffs|2009]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| '''11''' || 0 || 24.1 || '''.527''' || .484 || .863 || 3.5 || 3.4 || 0.3 || 0.1 || '''1.0''' || 14.3
|-
| align="left" | [[2010 WNBA Playoffs|2010]]
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 4 || 4 || 31.8 || .474 || '''.556''' || .882 || 4.8 || '''6.8''' || '''2.0''' || 0.5 || 2.2 || 14.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2011 WNBA Playoffs|2011]]
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 5 || 5 || 30.8 || .478 || .308 || .833 || 5.2 || 3.0 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 1.8 || 11.6
|-
| align="left" | [[2013 WNBA Playoffs|2013]]
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 2 || 2 || 20.0 || .500 || .333 || .500 || 2.0 || 4.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || '''1.0''' || 6.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2014 WNBA Playoffs|2014]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 8 || 8 || 27.7 || .492 || .263  || .903 || 5.1 || 4.9 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 11.4
|-
| align="left" | [[2016 WNBA Playoffs|2016]]
| align="left" | [[Phoenix Mercury|Phoenix]]
| 5 || 5 || 26.1 || .368  || .313 || '''.958''' || 4.4 || 3.0 || 1.6 || '''0.8''' || 1.8 || 11.2
|-style="background:#87CEEB"
| align="left" | Career
|
| 50 || 36 || 28.1 || .466 || .364 || .887  || 4.9 || 3.6 || 1.4 || 0.5 || 1.7 || 13.4
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Australian WNBA players]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name="All Star FIBA 2014">{{cite web|date=5 October 2014|title=Moore named MVP of 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, headlines All-Star Five|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/world/women/2014/news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013124218/http://www.fiba.basketball/world/women/2014/news|url-status=live|archive-date=13 October 2017|work=FIBA.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref>

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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050905154335/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/penny_taylor/index.html?nav=page WNBA player profile]
*[http://www.fenerbahce.org/basketbolbayan/kategori.asp?ContentCategoryID=41 fenerbahce.org profile]
*{{IMDb name|12575002}}

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